On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:40:13 -0700 (PDT), Owain wrote:

One advantage of swine flu; heart operations are being moved to an

adjacent private hospital

Wehey! Prettier nurses, better food and cleaner wards!

I'd like to think that a private hospital taking on cardiac work also
has the backup of a resus/ITU just down the corridor. It has been
known for private patients being shipped to NHS ITUs when it all goes
pear shaped in the private theatre or afterwards.

Colin will not need those things of course but...

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Cheers
Dave.